Emma Jane Alexander
School of Energy Resources
1000 E. University Avenue
Dept. 3012
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-6911
Fax: 307-766-6701
Email: emmajane.alexander@uwyo.edu
To create and maintain a community of empowered users who will drive the enhancement of teaching and research at UW, by utilizing visualization technology and embracing collaborative multidisciplinary opportunities.
The EIC’s Shell 3D Visualization Center (Viz Center) proudly houses the only four-walled, 3D CAVE (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment) in Wyoming. The Viz Center beautifully complements the primary function of the EIC-- to enable scientists and engineers to visualize and interact with highly complex data sets.
Designed, engineered and integrated by Mechdyne Corporation, one of the world’s leading providers of innovative visual information technologies, the laboratory combines high-resolution stereoscopic projections and 3D computer graphics to create a virtual environment where researchers can analyze, interpret and share a wide variety of spatially related data. One of the laboratory’s many capabilities is its ability to model oil, gas, and water movements and interactions in the subsurface environment, which will aid researchers and energy companies in deriving maximum value from their mineral resources.
The laboratory connects via 10-gigabit lines to one of the most powerful supercomputers in the region — the Wyoming National Center for Atmospheric Research Supercomputing Center (NWSC) located west of Cheyenne and UW’s Advanced Research Computing Center (ARCC) — both of which are essential for the complex simulations required in today’s energy research. The Shell 3D Visualization research laboratory is an amazing tool for discovery and is open to the UW community as a university-wide teaching and learning resource.
Equipment with three different levels of display power will enable a range of resolutions and functions for visualizing complex data sets in 3D.
How To Book the Facility
Complete the Facilities Booking Form to reserve a day and time with the 3D Visualization Center. The center is open Monday through Friday from 8 am to 5 pm.
Emma Jane Alexander
School of Energy Resources
1000 E. University Avenue
Dept. 3012
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-6911
Fax: 307-766-6701
Email: emmajane.alexander@uwyo.edu